[Light Speed]

Probably a scanner M..there are some which have great grayscale reading properties....good for the black and whites.
At a Navy photographic centre in Washington..had curators bring photos ,and was allowed to photograph..the photographs.
I decided on slide film before heading to Washington...used Kodak Echtachrome 35mm...found out later Echtachrome is awesome coverage for black and whites.
had a few hot spots on some images..the reflection from overhead flurecent light.
Its a lot of fun to break out the slides..biggy pictures the size of a wall...
Have spent many years meeting the crew of USS Isherwood..its way cool to see a guy you met..and then see him on the flying bridge of the Tin Can in 1945.

[MistyCA]

I bet you can take those to a processing center and have them converted to Cd. My scanner does a great job on slides.